The Polar Plunge was a great experience, despite losing a shoe and a pint of blood. And I did it TWICE! Ok, I found my shoe and didn't lose quit a pint, but the EMT was cute who bandaged my knee. I lost a water shoe momentarily when I hit the water and my foot sank into the sand at the same time a wave hit me, and I went over, skinning my knee on the rocks, which I didn't realize until later. After a short swim I found my shoe floating on the water on the way back to the beach. Later, after getting to my friends house, we discovered the video chip was full and it did not capture me taking the plunge. We had tons of pictures, but I wanted a video so bad, we went back to the beach and I did it AGAIN. And guess what? I still can't get the video to download to my computer, so you will have to wait to see it.